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Did you know that going one year without eating beef can save up to 3,432 trees per year? Do you want, to become more, sustainable and a leader in the environmental field?
Eco Winners: Uncovering the Traits of Successful Environmental Leaders recognizes the leaders of some of the most successful environmental movements of our day and uncovers how they were able to achieve success, when others couldn't. In this book, you'll read about:
• Eco History:...
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For all of the negative words ever spoken in her life, she needs some words of affirmation. She needs some positive words. These words will get her through some of her most difficult days. She needs something positive to counteract those negative words, especially those that she speaks to herself.
As an educator, girl and the mother of a girl, I offer affirming words daily to my students and my own daughter. One day, I was convicted, and then, convinced...
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How do you define leadership? What kind of leader are you? What kind of leader can you be? Can you be both a leader and a follower? You can get a handle on these and other crucial questions by wrapping your brain around Leadership 101. It focuses on the nuts and bolts of solid Christian leadership (prayer, service, communication, conflict management, mentoring, etc.) but also goes deep into the soul of leadership. In these pages you'll find out why...
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Your teen brain is amazing! These fun and easy "brain hacks" will help you make the most of your growing mind, deal with ALL the feelings, build friendships, and face life's challenges with confidence.
As a teen, your brain is changing-a lot! Your feelings are bigger and more intense. Friends and peers are more important than ever before. You're discovering who you are as a person, and what matters to you. And, you're also starting to understand how...
4705) Charley
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In early April 1861, the streets of West Chester, PA, echoed with the sound of a rattling snare drum. The orders it marked out could be heard for blocks around – about face, advance, retreat, company rest – but there were no troops in the city to hear it. The Civil War, though it loomed heavy on the minds of everyone in the nation, had not yet begun. Fort Sumter would remain in Union hands for another two weeks and the secession crisis in the...
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There's a spiritual battle going on out there, and God wants you to dive in. Jesus and Mary want you to unsheathe your spiritual sword, the rosary, and wreak serious damage upon the forces of evil. God is calling you personally to Mission. God always calls His children to Mission; He calls you, personally, to fight against the giants of darkness and overcome evil, against overwhelming odds. Does this sound like a hero story? IT IS. God is calling...
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Orlando Cepeda breaks into the majors with a home run. Willie Mays drills four homers in a single game while sick to his stomach. Felipe Alou prays for a ninth-inning miracle with the National League pennant on the line. In Game of My Life San Francisco Giants, you'll experience the exceptional moments of fan favorites Will Clark, Rich Aurilia, Robby Thompson, and Rod Beck, as well as current stars like Tim Lincecum, described in their own words as...
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Dating back to the Gas House Gang of the 1930s and up to the club's most recent World Championship in 2006, being a Cardinal has meant a style of play, a level of dedication, and a pride in being a member of a special group. This newly updated edition of Game of My Life St. Louis Cardinals exhibits not always the best game of someone's career, but rather, the moment that stands out the most.
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With the "Curse" a distant memory, the Boston Red Sox are the first team this century to win three World Series titles. Before 2004, an obnoxious Yankees fan might have smirked: The Red Sox in the World Series? The world's shortest book!
In actual fact, the Red Sox have played in twelve World Series and won eight. Even during their stories 86-year drought, the Sox took four Series to Game Seven before losing.
Lavishly illustrated, From the Babe...
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The term "Apple" is a slur in Native communities across the country. It's for someone supposedly "red on the outside, white on the inside."
In APPLE (SKIN TO THE CORE), Eric Gansworth tells his story, the story of his family-of Onondaga among Tuscaroras-of Native folks everywhere. From the horrible legacy of the government boarding schools, to a boy watching his siblings leave and return and leave again, to a young man fighting to be an artist who...
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Since their founding in 1969, the Kansas City Royals have provided memorable moments to generations of fans in America's heartland and beyond.
Miracle Moments in Kansas City Royals History is the ultimate tribute book for die-hard fans of the team from the City of Fountains. Jeff Deters recounts the most memorable moments in Royals history, including:
• Steve Busby's throwing two no-hitters in each of his first two season, a first for a big-leaguer;
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Tales from the Angels Dugout is a humorous and fascinating look at the lighter side of forty-one years of frustration, followed by the excitement of 2002. Author Steve Bisheff reminds us of those colorful days with original owner Gene Autry and the struggles under the ownership of Walt Disney Co., as well as the curses, hexes, and tragedies that haunted the Angels for so long. Tales from the Angels Dugout is just what Angels fans have been waiting...
4713) A Distant Calling
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The darkness of space has captured mankind's imagination from the beginning of time. Oral traditions carried on by the Greeks and their methodology exposed even more evidence of beings beyond humans on Earth. As early as 5,000 years ago, Henges were built, the largest of which is Stonehenge, used by astronomers to show them key astrological moments. Therefore, the idea of other life similar to humans among the stars is definitely a reality. But.......
4714) Cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity discusses the evolving nature of Internet-based attacks, the vulnerabilities of individuals and corporations to these threats, and the hackers who carry out or defend against cyberattacks. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
4715) Revenge
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This title examines the theme of revenge in Hamlet, Othello, True Grit, The Princess Bride, and "The Cask of Amontillado." It features four analysis papers that consider the revenge theme, each using different critical lenses, writing techniques, or aspects of the theme. Critical thinking questions, sidebars highlighting and explaining each thesis and argument, and other possible approaches for analysis help students understand the mechanics of essay...
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In Peer Pressure for Teens, young writers show that it's possible to stand up to the pressure they may feel from friends and some family members to be "cool."
Inspire teen and preteen readers to take responsibility for and make wiser decisions about their lives with the essays in this book-each written by a teenager. Within these pages, Jamel A. Salter, Fan Yi Mok, and Charlene George, and many others, describe how and why they chose to keep it...
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When I first started writing this book, I envisioned myself as the audience. Magda, at various ages between 11 and 18, growing up in an alcoholic home- not knowing what it was, what was wrong, or what to do. I felt like I was dying inside.
After I finished this book, I now believe it is for anyone, who is struggling with the family disease of alcoholism and is looking for answers. Anyone who wants to know more about it, how it affects them, and how...
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Science educator, TV host, and New York Times—bestselling author Bill Nye is on a mission to help young people understand and appreciate the science that makes our world work. Featuring a range of subjects-physics, chemistry, geology, biology, astronomy, global warming, and more-this profusely illustrated book covers the basic principles of each science, key discoveries, recent revolutionary advances, and the problems that science still needs to...
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"Instead of remaining silent, she chose to speak out... That's the power of one person." - Barack Obama
The inspiring story of Angeline Jackson, who stood up to Jamaica's oppression of queer youth to demand recognition and justice.
When Angeline Jackson was a child, she wondered if there was something wrong with her for wanting to kiss the other girls. But as her sexuality blossomed in her teens, she knew she wouldn't "grow out of it" and that her...
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